- June 17, 2022
Les Chatouilles - Film - Andréa Bescond and Eric Metayer - 2018
Odette is a little girl who loves to draw and, above all, to dance. When she was just 10, a family friend asked her to play "tickle". For several years, Odette finds herself trapped and sexually abused by this man. Admitted to the Paris Conservatoire, she became estranged from her parents during her adolescence. Alcohol, drugs... her future as a dancer is compromised, without her ever making the connection with her childhood traumas. One day, Odette decides to get help, and makes an appointment with a psychologist. The young woman takes her psychologist through the key episodes of her life. Her consultations are up and down, and she is unable to build a stable relationship. Faced with a wall, the psychologist convinces Odette to reveal the sexual violence to her parents, to free herself from the weight of this secret. Odette's father takes her word for it, and finds himself wracked with guilt, while her mother questions her words and wonders what others will think. The film reflects society's position on sexual violence against minors: if you can't see it, it doesn't exist. The young woman decides to go to trial, and the culprit is sentenced to seven years in prison. Odette ends her psychological treatment with a feeling of lightness, as if she had dropped off a piece of luggage to continue moving forward and building her life.
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